Yes, there are many plastic drug store toothbrushes on the market, but with all the unique features that come with electric ones nowadays, making the switch is a no-brainer. High on the list: an electric toothbrush. Keller shared that sentiment: 'It's a fresh sunny start to 2021,' she said.When it comes to all things self-care, there are a few must-have items that are just worth the investment. 'It is a zinger,' she said of Pantone's color selections. She recently put a yellow Smeg refrigerator into a client's kitchen, where it's a bright conversation piece. The yellow piece could be what Penfield calls 'the statement starter,' and it should be paired with something that is calming, like the gray. 'Do the yellow sofa, and everything else is white, and it is just like electricity in the room,' she said. Penfield suggested that Illuminating could be used almost like graphic pop art, with a small piece that draws the eye, or it could be the biggest piece in the room.

She often introduces yellow in rugs, artwork and pillows, all pieces that can be relatively inexpensive and easy to swap out later. She envisions a yellow rug with a gray sofa or dining room chairs. 'We do vintage Turkish rugs that are overdyed in customized colors,' she said. A room should have enough of any accent color to feel cohesive and not random, she said. Sockrider suggests putting pops of yellow in three different places, from decorative pillows to flowers on an end table. If you have just the right amount, it is the best thing in the world,' she said. 'When you are making a lemon dessert, if you have too much lemon zest, it is overpowering. Keller said that discipline in using the color judiciously is important, especially with the yellow. She suggested a table lamp, for instance, with a yellow base topped by a gray shade. She also suggested that enameled lighting would be a surprising way to bring in the colors. These are some ways that Keller would use the Colors of the Year. Put yellow and gray wallpaper in a laundry room, make the underbelly of the sink yellow and paint the trim gray to brighten the laundry chore. Accent a wood table with yellow chairs, with gray tiles in the background. The two colors are 'a pretty accurate choice for 2021,' Sockrider said. Gray is a complex color, and can pull in purple, green or blue, but this gray doesn't do that, she said. Ultimate Gray, she said, offers a good balance to Illuminating. On the flip side, you have to have that humble color, a neutral, something that isn't so bright.' I think of it as voracious, eager, almost impatient. Laura Sockrider, a designer in the Austin, Texas, office of Twin Cities-based Martha O'Hara Interiors, called Illuminating 'a challenging, bold color. But Ultimate Gray is stronger than the soft grays of five years ago.

Many of her recent interior design jobs have included updating gray walls with lighter, warmer colors, she said. The choice of a gray surprised Renae Keller of Renae Keller Interior Design, Minneapolis. Penfield's reaction echoes an idea promoted in the announcement, that the colors reflect 'happiness supported by fortitude.' Together, the colors say, 'Let's start fresh.' 'It is clear, it is fresh, it is like when you think of the symbol of a light bulb.' The Ultimate Gray is also crisp and clear, 'almost like steel,' she said. The lemon yellow is electric and vivacious,' Penfield said, pointing out that Illuminating leans to citrus rather than sunshine. 'Gray serves to ground us and connect us. 'I love it! It is exhilarating,' said Lucy Penfield of Lucy Interior Design, Minneapolis, after learning of the color choices. In what could be seen as a nod to the political moment, the announcement says the two work together to 'highlight how different elements come together to support one another.' Pantone's color duo represents 'a marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting,' according to the press announcement of the color selection. Is the institute hedging its bets or nodding to complex times? Most likely the latter, in a year when even Time went with two people for its person of the year, President- and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In 2016, Rose Quartz, a dusty pink, was paired with Serenity, a soft periwinkle blue. Since then, the New Jersey-based industry group has only once before branched out to name two hues. Pantone began its annual color selection - an attempt to reflect the mood and predict hues that will infuse our world in the coming year - in 2000.

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